Peter Ruddick
@ruddick
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Business Reporter & Presenter for BBC News.
Manchester
Joined May 2007
"We're feeling more positive than we have done for the last few years." Liverpool bar owner Iain Hoskins told me on @bbc5live the weather and consumer confidence had helped boost his business. Similar story elsewhere, according to the figures... https://t.co/5DpryzZl4g
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made growing the economy a priority - but many economists and politicians are concerned that it is not improving fast enough.
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SAINTS SOCIAL 😇 @JonoHolmes1 brings you the latest #SaintsFC episode on @BBCSounds 🔊 ⚔️Former Striker James Beattie on the South Coast Derby 🗣️Top 10 Saints Strikers of the 21st Century with ⚽️ Saints Women off to a flyer Listen | Subscribe ⬇ https://t.co/MerzdlRekL
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Speaking at the Treasury Select Committee, Nikhil Rathi said we’ll be pragmatic and proportionate when consulting on a compensation scheme for motor finance customers, to be fair to consumers and firms, and to ensure a healthy, competitive market in future.
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Chancellor this morning briefing cabinet on the need for the Budget to help the BoE to help get inflation down … and not just in the sense of macro stability… reiterating what she told me last week announcing Budget date - here is the longer iv ICYMI…
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The number of sick days taken by employees in the UK has risen to its highest level for more than a decade. Emma Vardy had more details on #BBCBreakfast
https://t.co/5Yk3Sta5Qg
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"I'm enjoying this lively debate, hope our listeners are as well." Luke Johnson, former Pizza Express chairman, and Sharon Graham, Unite general secretary, discuss their views on changes to workers rights. The Employment Rights Bill is due to become law in a few weeks. #R4Today
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Total Saints Podcast - Episode 331 #SaintsFC #SouthamptonFC
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Global bond yield surge this week more than entirely reversed as weak US jobs numbers bolster expectations of further rate cuts by US Federal Reserve. Eg UK 30 year gilt yield, which reached a 27 year record of 5.75%, is now 5.52%, having started week at 5.62%. Rollercoaster.
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'Train WIFI why is it so bad?' On #BBCBreakfast travel expert Simon Calder joined Peter Ruddick to test the quality of train WIFI on a journey from Leeds to King's Cross https://t.co/dTxb3xAzw7
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If I say train WiFi, what is your instant reaction? Trying something brave and/or daft for @BBCBreakfast tomorrow morning!
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The Chancellor @RachelReevesMP has commissioned the @OBR_UK to prepare an economic and fiscal forecast to be presented to @UKParliament alongside the Budget on 26 November 2025.
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NEW: Budget announced for November 26th… Follow all the news here:
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Kemi Badenoch accuses the prime minister of "hypocrisy" and calls for the housing secretary to either resign or be sacked.
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Just when I thought I'd covered every plant theft pun going, my @bbcsounds colleagues bring 'shrubbery snatchers' to the party! Amazing! Full report is well worth a three-minute listen... https://t.co/RPWKAQ5ejS
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Happy Birthday Mum! I hope wherever you are you're having a blast, dancing away, enjoying some cake, maybe having a tipple. Missing you today, as always.
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BBC understands that Lotus in Norfolk shedding 50% of its workforce..550 jobs. Company blames American trade tariffs and the fall in international demand for prestige cars
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Grimsby Boss, David Artell to ITV: “Man United have an unbelievable manager. They’re on the right track.”
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Are we at the point where we start feeling sorry for United? Or not yet?
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CONFIRMED: Energy Price Cap to rise 2% on 1 Oct - with a chunk of the rise on the Standing Charge hitting lower users! Your brief need-to-knows... Ofgem's Price Cap dictates the rate all homes, except in Northern Ireland, on standard tariffs pay. That’s the 2/3rd of domestic
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